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	<title>The Scottish Sea Angling Conservation Network &#187; SSACN Announcements</title>
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	<description>THINK FISH FIRST</description>
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		<title>Latest SSACN Newsletter</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 21 Jul 2010 12:55:19 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Now available here (pdf) &#8211; a round up of some of SSACN&#8217;s activities to date this year. The newsletter focuses on two major projects – The Scottish Shark Tagging Programme (SSTP – www.tagsharks.com) and a Scottish Industry Science Partnership (SISP) activity, where SSACN are the industry lead, to develop a standard process for undertaking near-shore [...]


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<li><a href='http://www.ssacn.org/ssacn-work-recognised-in-a-parliamentary-motion' rel='bookmark' title='Permanent Link: SSACN work recognised in a Parliamentary Motion'>SSACN work recognised in a Parliamentary Motion</a></li>
<li><a href='http://www.ssacn.org/ssacn-receive-funding-for-shark-officer' rel='bookmark' title='Permanent Link: SSACN receive funding for Shark Officer'>SSACN receive funding for Shark Officer</a></li>
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		<title>With the BBC in Loch Etive</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 21 Jul 2010 12:08:00 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[The BBC approached the SSTP as they were interested in the conservation work we are doing involving sea anglers and Spurdog. They joined the SSTP aboard Ronnie Campbells boat Laura Dawn to try and tag some Spurdog in Loch Etive. The presenter Frank Pope, who also writes for the Times on marine issues, showed lots [...]


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<li><a href='http://www.ssacn.org/loch-etive-iczm-2' rel='bookmark' title='Permanent Link: Loch Etive ICZM update'>Loch Etive ICZM update</a></li>
<li><a href='http://www.ssacn.org/loch-etive-iczm-july-update' rel='bookmark' title='Permanent Link: Loch Etive ICZM &ndash; July update'>Loch Etive ICZM &ndash; July update</a></li>
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		<title>Sharkatag juniors on BBC / CBBC</title>
		<link>http://www.ssacn.org/government-draft-plan-for-offshore-wind-energy</link>
		<comments>http://www.ssacn.org/government-draft-plan-for-offshore-wind-energy#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sat, 03 Jul 2010 09:19:47 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[During Sharkatag the CBBC / BBC Newsround programme did a item for their programme where the interviewer ‘Leah’ went out in one of the boats along with Kiera Merrifield and Bradley Burrett – you may see the item on the CBBC / BBC website       Leah with Kiera and Bradley Related posts:Offshore wind [...]


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<li><a href='http://www.ssacn.org/onlinefishing-tv-sharkatag-show' rel='bookmark' title='Permanent Link: Onlinefishing TV Sharkatag show'>Onlinefishing TV Sharkatag show</a></li>
<li><a href='http://www.ssacn.org/action-earth-support-for-sharkatag' rel='bookmark' title='Permanent Link: Action Earth support for Sharkatag'>Action Earth support for Sharkatag</a></li>
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		<title>A lesson from Palau</title>
		<link>http://www.ssacn.org/a-lesson-from-palau</link>
		<comments>http://www.ssacn.org/a-lesson-from-palau#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 29 Jun 2010 09:48:49 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[LOL – Lauren on Location – In her last blog entry Lauren reflects on a key factor which is helping Palau to retain a rich biodiversity in its water - It actually recognizes what it has and instead of ruining and exploiting such a resource it embraces it and protects it. From her blog entry [...]


Related posts:<ol><li><a href='http://www.ssacn.org/dr-lauren-smith' rel='bookmark' title='Permanent Link: SSTP announce new team member'>SSTP announce new team member</a></li>
<li><a href='http://www.ssacn.org/a-ban-on-shark-finning-2' rel='bookmark' title='Permanent Link: A ban on shark finning'>A ban on shark finning</a></li>
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		<title>Top Taggers</title>
		<link>http://www.ssacn.org/top-taggers</link>
		<comments>http://www.ssacn.org/top-taggers#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 25 Jun 2010 14:16:12 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Most tagging schemes offer a small reward to anyone who reports the details of any initial / recapture tagging data. The SSTP has decided to award fishing caps which we hope our volunteers will be proud to wear. In order to highlight the level of effort we will be awarding caps at three levels; providing [...]


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<li><a href='http://www.ssacn.org/sign-up-for-tagathon2009' rel='bookmark' title='Permanent Link: Sign up for Tagathon2009'>Sign up for Tagathon2009</a></li>
<li><a href='http://www.ssacn.org/ssacn-work-recognised-in-a-parliamentary-motion' rel='bookmark' title='Permanent Link: SSACN work recognised in a Parliamentary Motion'>SSACN work recognised in a Parliamentary Motion</a></li>
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		<title>Members meeting</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 25 Jun 2010 08:27:00 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[There will be an open Members meeting on Thursday 1st July at the Royal Marine Reserve facilities at Govan, Glasgow, G51 3JH. On the agenda will be a general update on some of the key projects / activities and a debrief / discussion around this years Sharkatag. As the facility is a secure one and [...]


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		<title>Tagathon 2010</title>
		<link>http://www.ssacn.org/tagathon-2010</link>
		<comments>http://www.ssacn.org/tagathon-2010#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 23 Jun 2010 18:48:01 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Next up in the SSTP’s tagging events is Tagathon 2010. This will take place on the 13th and 14th November and run from two usual venues, namely Loch Sunart and Loch Etive. Tagathon 2010 is part of our ongoing data gathering activity to convince the Scottish Government that the stocks of spurdog and common skate [...]


Related posts:<ol><li><a href='http://www.ssacn.org/sign-up-for-tagathon2009' rel='bookmark' title='Permanent Link: Sign up for Tagathon2009'>Sign up for Tagathon2009</a></li>
<li><a href='http://www.ssacn.org/tagathon-on-bbc-out-of-doors' rel='bookmark' title='Permanent Link: Tagathon on BBC Out of Doors'>Tagathon on BBC Out of Doors</a></li>
<li><a href='http://www.ssacn.org/loch-etive-iczm' rel='bookmark' title='Permanent Link: Loch Etive ICZM'>Loch Etive ICZM</a></li>
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		<title>Sharkatag photo call</title>
		<link>http://www.ssacn.org/sharkatag-photo-call</link>
		<comments>http://www.ssacn.org/sharkatag-photo-call#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 21 Jun 2010 10:16:34 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[A number of photos from this years Sharkatag can be see on this page. More will be added as they are sent in, so if you took part and have some, please email in to contact@ssacn.org Related posts:Action Earth support for Sharkatag Onlinefishing TV Sharkatag show


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<li><a href='http://www.ssacn.org/onlinefishing-tv-sharkatag-show' rel='bookmark' title='Permanent Link: Onlinefishing TV Sharkatag show'>Onlinefishing TV Sharkatag show</a></li>
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		<title>Sharkatag 2010 day 2</title>
		<link>http://www.ssacn.org/sharkatag-2010-day-2</link>
		<comments>http://www.ssacn.org/sharkatag-2010-day-2#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sat, 19 Jun 2010 21:48:03 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Sharkatag 2010 is now well under way and an improvement in the weather has resulted in much improved catches with reasonable numbers of tope, bull huss, spurdog, smoothhound and rays being caught by the anglers around the area and everyone is having a great time. &#160; Willie with a smoothhound and Paul with a thornback [...]


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<li><a href='http://www.ssacn.org/action-earth-support-for-sharkatag' rel='bookmark' title='Permanent Link: Action Earth support for Sharkatag'>Action Earth support for Sharkatag</a></li>
<li><a href='http://www.ssacn.org/oban-pollack-april-2010' rel='bookmark' title='Permanent Link: Oban pollack &ndash; April 2010'>Oban pollack &ndash; April 2010</a></li>
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		<title>Sharkatag 2010 day 1</title>
		<link>http://www.ssacn.org/sharkatag-2010-day-1-2</link>
		<comments>http://www.ssacn.org/sharkatag-2010-day-1-2#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sat, 19 Jun 2010 10:26:42 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[A mixed day to kick off Sharkatag – some really good fish taken offshore but catches inshore were more variable – some boats managing to take 4 or 5 taggable fish, others struggling to catch any – however, there was a reasonable spread of smoothhound, huss, rays and even some spurdog. There were also good [...]


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<li><a href='http://www.ssacn.org/action-earth-support-for-sharkatag' rel='bookmark' title='Permanent Link: Action Earth support for Sharkatag'>Action Earth support for Sharkatag</a></li>
<li><a href='http://www.ssacn.org/oban-pollack-april-2010' rel='bookmark' title='Permanent Link: Oban pollack &ndash; April 2010'>Oban pollack &ndash; April 2010</a></li>
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